[ale] df -h

[Fletch]

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael D Hirsch <mhirsch at nubridges.com> writes:

    Michael> I think this is the fact that every filesystem sets aside
    Michael> some amount of free space that you aren't allowed to
    Michael> touch--typically about 5%.  If I do my math right that
    Michael> accounts for your missing .5 G.

        Default for mke2fs is 5%; you can use tune2fs to check the
exact numbers (and yes, that's all one line)


% sudo tune2fs -l /dev/hda2 | perl -ane '/^Block count:/and$fb=$F[-1];/Reserved block count/and$res=$F[-1];END{printf"reserved $res\tfree $fb\t%0.3f%%\n",$res/$fb*100}'
reserved 212961      free 4259233    5.000%

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